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The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia College September 7, 2022
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GC’s new Cox inaugurated as GC’s 12th president Rebecca Meghani coach News Editor Alayna Fogarty Staff Writer Bobcat alumnus Ryan Aquino
was
recent-
ly announced the new GC
men’s
basketball
head coach on June 18. GC
men’s
basket-
After almost a year of President Cathy Cox residing as GC’s new university president, she was officially inaugurated as the twelfth president on Aug. 19, 2022. The ceremony included speakers from people within the Milledgeville and GC community, which notably included USG’s Chancellor Son-
ball is not unfamiliar to
ny Perdue and the last three presidents of GC, Dr. Rosemary DePaolo, Dr. Dorothy Leland and Dr. Steve Dorman. Through their greetings, Cox’s career accomplishments were recognized along with the values she had embodied throughout her career in higher education. Cox emphasized the importance of a liberal arts degree because of the critical thinking
Being the state’s designated public liberal arts univeristy realy gives us a calling to do it right -President Cox
that is taught in universities. Along with how students learn in a classroom, she recognized GC’s involvement in the local community and discussed the importance of students being involved with service projects and non-profits.
“Being the state’s designated public liberal arts university really gives us a calling to
do it right, do it the best and to be as distinctive as we can because we know that students have a lot of other options in the University System of Georgia,” Cox said. “We want them to know when you come here, you get a very different experience than you’re going to get at any of our sister institutions.” See COX | Page 3
Aquino. He has served roles such as assistant coach and head recruiting
coordinator
for the past eight years. Aquino
graduated
from GC in 2012 and played for the GC basketball team from 2008 to 2012. He later received his master’s degree from GC in 2015. As an undergraduate at GC, Aquino was a very accomplished player. In his senior year, he was invited to play in Reese’s Senior All-Star Game. Courtesy of Anna Leavitt
See COACH | Page 6
GC’s 12th president, Cathy Cox, celebrates her long-awaited inauguration.
The deplatforming of Andrew Tate Roe v. Wade Internet personality and former professional boxer, Andrew Tate, was deplatformed from social media sites for misogynistic and sexist remarks. Drew Oldham Contributing Writer Action taken around the presence of Andrew Tate, internet personality and former 2-time ISKA professional kickboxing
champion
on
These companies fol-
a remarkable physique,
and economic unrest
Katherine Futch
low a precedent set by
lucrativity, advocacy for
in an attempt to re-
Editor in Chief
Twitter, which banned
a more traditional view
store order and comfort
Tate’s account in 2017
of gender roles, and un-
to an anxious society.
after he tweeted that
shakeable
confidence
“I think we often see
women
“bear
in the face of challenge.
this historically, at mo-
some responsibility” for
GC associate profes-
ments of social unrest
being sexually assaulted.
sor of philosophy Sabrina Hom attributes a
him as a brazen lead-
large part of Tate’s rising
er of a counterculture
popularity among this
movement working to
demographic to the fact
restore “traditional mas-
that he fills a niche. He
culinity” in modern so-
provides advice to young
ciety.
supporters,
men whose desires and
known as Facebook, In-
who are mainly male
preferences fall in line
stagram and Youtube
adolescents and young
with a more tradition-
made a concerted effort
adults, feel that he em-
al idea of the male role.
to ban Andrew Tate and
bodies values that restore
These traditional ideas
his affiliated accounts
the idea of traditional
are often reverted to
from their platforms.
masculinity
times of social, political
has restarted controversy around social media censorship. This issue regained relevance in the public sphere last week when
Meta
formerly
His
should
view
social media platforms
The dissipation of Roe won’t stop abortions - only the safe ones
followers
His
including
or
change,
financial
pressure, and instability such as that created by the Covid-19 pandemic,” Hom said. “When you have these kinds of stresses, folks look in a lot of different directions for comfort and one of the directions people will look is towards figures that restore an idea of traditionalism.” See TATE | Page 9
The overturning of Roe v. Wade this summer was perhaps the most substantial rollback of human rights in modern U.S. history. Fifty years of precedent dissipated and the Supreme Court no longer federally protects a woman’s constitutional right to safe and legal abortions. Roe v. Wade was established in 1973 after the Court found that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provided people the fundamental “right to privacy.” This helped to protect
a woman’s right to her body, her reproductive system and her choice to have an abortion. They found that any state or federal law that prohibits access to abortion violated the right to privacy. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court used the Due Process Clause to strike down state legislation that limited and restricted personal liberties not explicitly written in the Constitution. The Court found that prohibiting abortion violated the Due Process Clause because it did not allow women to choose whether or not to have the procedure. See ROE Page 11
NEWS | PG. 3
SPORTS | PG. 6
ARTS & LIFE | PG. 10
OPINION & MISC. | PG. 12
Factors as to why less students are applying to colleges and how it affects current students.
GC acquires new transfer, Rachel Machovec, at the start of the new season.
Texas State Univeristy is now offering a class called “Harry Styles and the Cult of the Celebrity: Identity, the Internet and European Pop Culture”.
A glimpse into Astrology from the perspective of a Pisces.
GC BUDGET CUTS DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT
GC ACQUIRES VOLLEYBALL TRANSFER
THE CULT OF CELEBRITY 101
SEASON OF VIRGO